Thursday, Sep 29, 2022
Aug 09, 2021 Pinaki Das TMC leaders alleged that BJP goons attacked the vehicle of 14 party youth leaders in Tripura and that the police helped the goons by leading the car to the locations where mobs had gathered.
Jul 23, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau Mamata Banerjee said that some sporadic incidents of violence had taken place in the state after the assembly polls but at that time, the Election Commission was in control of law and order.
Chief minister Mamata Banerjee had called the NHRC panel report an example of the 'BJP’s political vendetta'.
Jul 15, 2021 Outlook Web Bureau Assam Pradesh Congress Committee Ripun Bora requested the governor to institute a judicial inquiry by a sitting judge of the high court into case of police firing at escaped criminals.
On Thursday, the Trinamool Congress chief accused NHRC of "disrespecting the court" and pursuing BJP's "political vendetta" by leaking its report to the media.
“Thousands… subjected to murder, rape, displacement and intimidation,” NHRC wrote in its report to Calcutta high court on post-poll violence in West Bengal.
The West Bengal government has issued an application seeking a recall of its July 2 order that directed the police to register cases in all matters regarding post-poll violence.
The BJP has condemned the incident while the Trinamool Congress asserted that none from the ruling party was involved in the attack.
NHRC has issued more advisories on bonded labourers, migrant workers amid COVID-19 second wave
J-K BJP spokesperson Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo has sought the intervention of the commission for direction to authorities to provide security to all sarpanches in Jammu and Kashmir.
Speaking at the 45th session of Human Rights Council (HRC), the Indian representative said that it has become habitual for Pakistan to malign India with false and fabricated narratives for its self-serving malicious purposes.
They demanded a thorough probe into the deaths that took place in the state during anti-CAA protests.
In the wee hours of Friday, the Telangana police killed all the four accused in the rape and murder of a 26-year-old female veterinarian.
In most cases, a notice or ruling by the National Human Rights Commission is not paid heed to.
The National Human Rights Commission said the encounter early morning on Friday is a matter of concern.
The NHRC has issued a notice to the secretary, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, asking for a comprehensive report within four weeks on the observations made by the commission.
In January 2019, a new study by researchers of IIT, Gandhinagar (published in the Geophysical Research Letters) used soil analysis for the first time to show that the famine of 1943 was not caused by drought but by Churchill's policies and wilful negligence.
The notice was issued to the Chief Secretary and Maharashtra Director General of Police Datta Padsalgikar.
A farmer sits near his red chillies at a deserted APMC market, during the weekend curfew imposed by the Karnataka government to curb the spread of COVID-19, in Hubballi.
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Delhi Chief Minister & AAP National Convenor Arvind Kejriwal being welcomed by women supporters during his door-to-door campaign ahead of the Goa Assembly elections, in Goa.
PTI Photo
A health worker collects swab sample of a woman for COVID-19 test, amid concerns over rising Omicron cases, in Gurugram.
PTI Photo
Traffic jam on a road at Shalimar Bagh during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
The Lajpat Nagar market wears a deserted look during the weekend curfew imposed by the Delhi government to curb the spread of Covid-19, in New Delhi.
PTI Photo/ Shahbaz Khan
He would take his colour, brushes and canvas outside to paint and talk with his love. He would stand close to the window and paint, keeping an eye on his muse.
They say the violin mimics the human sound. In his case, it was that of love, of longing. He didn’t know any other way of loving.
Younger people do not have much progressive beliefs; a 2017 survey found that one-third of young people opposed inter-caste marriage.
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